It was a tight course. This was a Porsche Club event def set up for cars that can turn in like like 911's and Cayman/Boxsters. Even though it canceled the M's power advantage over a lot of cars there, I think I represented the M badge well.

Congrats! AutoX is addictive and relative low cost compared to HPDEs. As Raucky stated, an E9* is too heavy to be competitive on a course of that size, but don't let that stop you.

I totally agree the E9X M3 is too heavy for serious competition, BUT if you are a good driver, mod the car well for the class, it still takes a lot of driver skill to get every bit of ability out of this car.

We had a couple of events such as these in my area and in my opinion, the driver is not really getting full potential out of M cars or any cars for that matter. I like HPDE better. Regardless, glad you had fun!

Track days will be coming this season. A good friend, and owner of a 996 911 turbo happens to be an instructor at Summit Point in WV. Looking forward to the experience of pushing the car near the limit in a controlled environment.